[OSGeo-Conf] Conference policy

[Jeff McKenna]

Ok, even though only 4 of the 15 conference committee members [1]  
voted, all four votes were in favor of allowing third party OSGeo  
branded events.

With that established, the next step for the OSGeo conference  
committee is to finalize a conference policy, that we can then  
recommend to the Board.   I have combined Frank's recent  
recommendations, as well as Markus' recent board meeting notes, into a  
new succinct policy page [2].   I now call ALL conference committee  
members to vote FOR or AGAINST this policy.  Again, since this is not  
a specific vote for any specific event there should not be anyone  
abstaining.  thank you.


[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee
[2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Official_OSGeo_Conference_Policy


-jeff



On 23-Jun-08, at 2:00 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:

> Hello fellow committee members,
>
> Regarding the hot topic of third party OSGeo branded events, it's  
> clear that we as a committee have to propose some guidelines for  
> this.  After a few weeks of discussions and giving people time to  
> express their opinions, I think the time has come for the conference  
> committee to act.  The first thing we must do is decide whether the  
> conference committee supports such events.  So, I would ask that all  
> committee members[1] publicly vote FOR (+1) or AGAINST (-1) third  
> party OSGeo branded events.  Note that there should be nobody  
> abstaining from voting, as this is not a specific vote for any  
> specific event.  Our guidelines that we create will reflect the  
> results of this vote.
>